In which of the following cases would it be legal for a physician to sign a death certificate?
A. if the physician attended to the deceased before the death
B. if the death was possibly due to criminal causes
C. if the cause of death was undetermined by the physician
D. if the cause of death was violent
E. if the cause of death was suspicious
A. if the physician attended to the deceased before the death
In most states, it is against the law for an attending physician to sign a death certificate if the death was possibly due to criminal causes, not attended by a physician within a specified length of time before death, due to causes undetermined by the physician, or violent or otherwise suspicious.
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